Christian Woman in Pakistan Abused, Forced to Resign

Lately as I have been reading about more persecution our brothers and sisters in the faith are suffering, I have to be honest and tell you that my heart is breaking more and more, and sometimes I have to admit that I feel completely helpless.  But then I have to remember that our prayers are like gold to our suffering family because we are asking the Lord of the heavens and the earth for His provision, protection and miracles in the lives of these believers. 

As I read this story today, I am reminded of Paul the apostle who wrote, "Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea" - 2 Corinthians 11:25  and then comparing his suffering to our current families suffering, I saw that satan's tactics never change....but here's the good news, OUR GOD NEVER CHANGES either, and HE will deliver.  So please, take a few minutes today to pray over this situation and believe with me for God's provision for our suffering family in Christ.

Sanitation worker on verge of receiving benefits; in another village, church builders attacked.

SARGODHA, Pakistan, June 10 (CDN) — A Christian woman here said she has been falsely accused of theft, beaten, threatened with rape and forced to resign her job in a bid to keep her from obtaining full benefits as a regular government employee.


Razia Bibi, a 38-year-old sanitation worker known as Rajji of village No. 47-NB (Northern Branch), Sargodha, was due to obtain regular status as a government employee at Aysha Girls’ Hostel at the University of Sargodha at the end of May. On May 7, however, Muslim office worker Safia Bibi accused her of stealing 10,000 rupees (US$120) from her cubicle – and when Muslim hostel warden Noshaba Bibi learned of it, she called female police officers and ordered them to beat her until she confessed, Rajji said.


“Lady police constables subjected me to inhumane thrashing with bamboo sticks and kept saying that I must confess or they would not spare me,” she said, adding that she was beaten for four hours in one of the hostel rooms. “I said that, being a Christian from childhood, I had learned not to steal, therefore I told them the truth, but it seemed they were bent on making me confess a crime I had not committed.”  Read more here.